Today’s NYT Connections Hints, Answers for March 23, #651

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Today’s Connections puzzle has a fun purple category, but you’ll need to have been a kid on a playground where this rhyme was chanted to get it. Read on for clues and today’s Connections answers.

The Times now has a Connections Botlike the one for Wordle. Go there after you play to receive a numeric score and to have the program analyze your answers. Players who are registered with the Times Games section can now nerd out by following their progressincluding number of puzzles completed, win rate, number of times they nabbed a perfect score and their win streak.

Read more: Hints, Tips and Strategies to Help You Win at NYT Connections Every Time

Hints for today’s Connections groups

Here are four hints for the groupings in today’s Connections puzzle, ranked from the easiest yellow group, to the tough (and sometimes bizarre) purple group.

Yellow group hint: Fascinate.

Green group hint: Come fly with me.

Blue group hint: What you do with a movie or TV show.

Purple group hint: Childhood clapping game.

Answers for today’s Connections groups

Yellow group: Captivate.

Green group: Things with wings.

Blue group: Words that modify “watch.”

Purple group: Words repeated in “Miss Mary Mack.”

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What are today’s Connections answers?

The yellow words in today’s Connections

The theme is captivate. The four answers are absorb, entrance, grab and rivet.

The green words in today’s Connections

The theme is things with wings. The four answers are airplane, fairy, fly and hospital.

The blue words in today’s Connections

The theme is words that modify “watch.” The four answers are pocket, smart, stop and wrist.

The purple words in today’s Connections

The theme is words repeated in “Miss Mary Mack.” The four answers are back, black, buttons and Mack.